1. Book assignment

2. Reported speech

3. Reported speech Gossip exercise 2 ways to report someone’s words
direct speech: (Jason said,) “Marthe didn’t do her homework.”
reported speech: Jason said that Marthe hadn’t done her homework.

4. Reported speech Gossip exercise 2 ways to report someone’s words
direct speech: (Jason said,) “Marthe didn’t do her homework.”
reported speech: Jason said that Marthe hadn’t done her homework.

5. Reported speech
Theory
tense change

6. Batman (DS) Batman (RS)
“Come on, Robin, to the Bat Cave! There isn’t a moment to lose!”
Batman (RS)
Batman said to Robin …

7. Batman (DS) Batman (RS)
“Come on, Robin, to the Bat Cave! There isn’t a moment to lose!”
Batman (RS)
Batman said to Robin there wasn’t a moment to lose.

8. ADAPTATIONS (VERB CHANGES)
present simple  past simple
present continuous  past continuous
present perfect  past perfect
past simple  past perfect
can  could
will  would
must  had to
may  might

9. Batman (DS) Batman (RS)
“Come on, Robin, to the Bat Cave! We can not lose time!”
Batman (RS)
Batman said to Robin they could not lose time.

10. Reported speech
Theory
tense change
pronoun change

11. Spongebob (DS) Spongebob (RS)
“I thought of something even funnier than 24… 25!”
Spongebob (RS)
Spongebob said he just thought of something even funnier than 24, namely 25!”

12. Reported speech Theory tense change pronoun change
adverbials of time and place

13. Patrick (DS) Patrick (RS) Note
Yesterday Spongebob said: “I’ll come and see you here at 8 o’clock tomorrow, Patrick.”
Patrick (RS)
Yesterday Spongebob said he would come and see me there at 8 o’clock the next/following day.
Note
Change it to fit the time of reporting!

14. Time expressions for direct speech Use in indirect speech
now
then
today
that day, last Monday, etc.
yesterday
the day before, the previous day
tomorrow
the next day, on Saturday, etc.
this week
that week
last week
the week before
an hour ago
an hour before

15. Direct speech Punctuation
Mandela said, “Education is the most powerful weapon.”
“Education is the most powerful weapon,” Mandela said.
“Is education the most powerful weapon?” Mandela asked.

16. Reported speech Questions Imperatives if / whether / questions wordsto

17. Bob Marley (DS) Bob Marley (RS) “Did you shoot the sheriff?”
Bob Marley asked if you had shot the sheriff.
Bob Marley asked whether you had shot the sheriff with a pistol or a shotgun. (When there’s a choice between two items.)
Bob Marley asked when you had shot the sheriff.

18. Pharrell (DS) Pharrell (RS)
“Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof.”
Pharrell (RS)
Pharrell said to clap along if you feel like a room without a roof.
 infinitive to + verb (instead of that …)

19. Indirect speech Checklist change in verb tense (backshift)
change in pronouns
change in time and place adverbials
question? if / whether / question word
imperative? to

20. Let’s exercise!